Sentence examples for considerable slap from inspiring English sources
So it was a considerable slap in the face for the Blairites when the lefties won four of the six NEC seats that are directly elected by party members.But the structure of the NEC will ensure that the left's victory is purely symbolic.
Mark Lawson talks to Australian writer Christos Tsiolkas, whose 2010 novel The Slap generated considerable debate and Russell T Davies discusses making Torchwood for UK and US TV.
Australian writer Christos Tsiolkas generated considerable debate with his 2010 novel The Slap.
After considerable longueurs of huffing, puffing and bottom-slapping, the film takes a sobering turn when Devereaux tries to force himself on a hotel worker.
Jim Black, best known these days for his work with Dave Douglas and Tim Berne, is a clattering drummer who puts considerable technique into making jazz rhythms sound strange: abrupt and imbalanced, with rude slaps on his dry, papery-sounding cymbals.
In his apology, Mr. Kelly said the slap had come "near the end of a grueling five-hour session, which was filled with considerable conflict and acrimony".
The reference to unity was a slap at Mr. Hakim's Supreme Council, which has encouraged provinces to form regions that, under the Constitution, could have considerable independence from Baghdad.
